Olympic blow: torch bearer identified as Mrs Thatcher's 'old flame'

Barking, Isle of Dogs - A gnarly old geezer aged circa 89 who toted the Olympic Torch through Barking High Street today has been outed as an ex-lover of Mrs Thatcher.

Their 1950s tryst was the stuff of legend, spawning Mitt Romney and other wannabes.

This morning dressed in the heraldic colors of the local Illuminati Chapter Algy Puttock sneaked past Relay stewards to snatch the prized flame 'much like in the old daze at Chequers on Bonfire Knight'.

Bystanders said they distinctly heard Old Algy singing Big Boned Gal from K D Lang's 1989 smash hit album 'Absolute Torch And Twang' as he attempted to streak past cameramen lining the route.